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NASA’s REEL Science Communication Contest

NASA’s REEL Science Communication Contest invites high school students to try their hand at producing video to help their counterparts in middle school better understand Earth science.

Open to all U.S. residents ages 13 to 18, the new contest asks for a two-minute video on one of the following science concepts: how ice impacts climate and climate impacts ice; forest fire effects on air quality; or water on the water planet.

Entries are due February 21, 2014. Winners will have their videos posted on the NASA web site, and will have the opportunity to be a NASA producer, working on a communication project with NASA scientists and communications experts during the month of July 2014. Enter this contest online.